Sports

US Junior Amateur Championship on DI in full swing

Golf balls and trophy dreams are flying high at the 75th U.S. Junior Amateur Championship at the Daniel Island Club’s Beresford Creek and Ralston Creek courses this week. The prestigious 18 and under tournament is a sneak peek at the best up-and-coming golfers with 264 players from across...

Head to the mountains for rainbow trout and cooler weather

The other day, Brody and I were fishing in Beresford Creek. Conditions were unbearably hot. The surface water temperature was 88 degrees. The air temperature was 92 degrees. The heat index was approaching 100 degrees. Surprisingly, the trout bite was also hot. The trout were...

Iron Horse’s Troy Stevenson commits to Georgia Tech

Philip Simmons High School football standout Troy Stevenson announced his matriculation plan when he committed to Georgia Tech on July 9. That ended months of recruitment from 28 schools that offered the four-star recruit, who is listed as an “athlete” (meaning exceptional athlete able to...

Bill Warren set to fill big shoes as BE athletic director

When Bill Warren replaces Paul Runey as the athletic director at Bishop England High School in time for the 2024-25 academic year, it will be a case of an icon replacing a legend. In the meantime, the two men will share the position for the upcoming academic year, which means they will have...

A ‘not always’ kind of fishing day

The other day, I was grabbing a bite to eat at Orlando’s Pizza. As I was stuffing my face with a pepperoni and mushroom pie, another patron stopped and asked if I always catch fish. I laughed and replied, “Not always.” Friday was a “not always” kind of day. I was joined by fellow Daniel...

City Meet Champions – Daniel Island Flying Fish

Daniel Island Flying Fish coach Rose Van Metre had an inkling that her team would have a successful 2023 season because of the squad’s depth. As the team made final preparations for the Coastal Carolina Aquatic Association’s City Meet, she knew her team had the potential to finish second in...

Camaraderie & Competition

Is there a quarterback controversy at Philip Simmons High School as the Iron Horses prepare for the 2023 season? Not exactly. The team has two capable quarterbacks on its roster. Tavien Orellana, a rising junior, is the incumbent after winning the job last year as a sophomore. He...

A blue marlin puts up a fight!

Sometimes fishing is a contact sport. Especially when fishing for blue marlin. Last week, Elliott (my son), Brody (the amazing fish-finding and stock-trading dog) and I were targeting marlin offshore. The bite was slow but we stayed committed to trolling large lures for marlin. ...

Soccer standout Esse scores on the field and in the classroom

Claire Esse had little time to savor the final goal of her high school soccer career. The Philip Simmons High School standout opened the scoring in the prestigious Clash of the Carolinas on June 24, and a few days later she was at UNC Greensboro for freshman orientation. Such is life...

Exciting players and rule changes restore MLB’s luster

The Major League All-Star Game is less than a week away, which means I can’t stop thinking about the Rose-Fosse home-plate collision in 1970 or Reggie Jackson’s home run in 1971 that would have been in the moon’s orbit if not for the light tower at Tiger Stadium. Those are two biggest...